When there are restrictions on anything, folk will try to find a way around them. That is human nature. Looking at it from the viewpoint of someone right in the target zone of a person classed as vulnerable, and I am certain there will be masses on this forum who are in the same boat., (by way of age) Is it fair or indeed legal and within the spirit of the rules to keep pushing the boundaries?
It is only 28 days (far better than the same time in an ICU on a ventilator) and after the explosion of infections after the restrictions were relaxed last time, I would have thought it would have sunk in by now that the restriction on movement is there for a purpose. Let us keep it that way and see the life we have return to something approaching normal.
On the other hand if you have a minimum of £200 to pay every time you are stopped (doubling for each infringement) and handed a fixed penalty so be it. So is it not reasonable to sit back and do what you have to do for the good of everyone. The money pot must be nearly dry now and the handouts cannot go on forever.
This is what I'm talking about. How about the mental health of people who have to stay in and take extra precautions so as to minimise the risk of infecting vulnerable people they're looking after? And there are a lot of them too. Wouldn't it be better if we all pulled together and tried to get this thing over with as quickly as possible?
Don't forget, a lot of the male old and vulnerable generation had to fight in WW2, or do National Service afterwards. For those who don't know what National Service was; the government conscripted any able bodied males who were between the age of 18 and 30 and forced them to serve in one of the armed forces (Army, Navy or RAF). Between 1950 and 1957 the initial 18 month service period was extended to 2 years. That's right, they had to spend
2 years of their lives, usually away from home, in the armed forces, with some of them being sent to fight in wars in Korea, Aden, etc.
https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/national-service-experience
Plus there was the rationing of food, clothing, fuel (including for domestic heating), soap and washing powders, paper, etc., with the last of the food rationing only ending in 1954. So the current old and vulnerable generation had a pretty thin time of it in their youth, so I think the least we can do is show them some gratitude and consideration in their twilight years.
These days, some people in that same 18 to 30 age group are literally crying "Tyranny" at being told by the government to wear a face mask some of the time and not to go to parties! Not quite the same sacrifice is it really?
Let's get this clear, all people are being asked to do is stay at home, with all their toys, wherever possible, for 28 days, and take due precautions when they do have to go out. Oh dear, what a pity, never mind!